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By: Christina Del Greco, BS/BA In the spirit of embracing Washington DC, this year’s annual meeting has multiple exciting opportunities for attendees to learn about ASHG’s policy priorities, and attendees will get to see and engage with an exciting selection of the different policy issues related to human genetics and genomics research. Genomic Data Sharing... Read More

In May 2023, ASHG hosted a third year of virtual advocacy meetings with policymakers on Capitol Hill. The week-long event brought together trainee advocates from both the 2022 and the 2023 Advocacy Certificate for Human Genetics and Genomics Trainees (ACGT) program. Participation in this spring advocacy activity is a key feature of the ACGT program.... Read More

In May 2023, ASHG hosted its third year of virtual advocacy meetings on Capitol Hill. Both current and several former trainee advocates from the Advocacy Certificate for Human Genetics and Genomics Trainees (ACGT) program participated in this week-long advocacy activity. The ACGT program was launched as part of ASHG’s Government & Public Advocacy Committee (GPAC)... Read More

ASHG honors excellence in research conducted by predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees (including genetic counseling trainees) through merit-based awards that recognize highly competitive abstracts submitted and presented at the ASHG Annual Meeting. Currently, the total value of ASHG’s Trainee Research Excellence Award is approximately $70,000 annually. Formerly known as the Charles J. Epstein Trainee Research Awards.... Read More

By Anna Miller, PhD Building and improving soft skills is an important part of scientific training. Soft skills, such as communication and interpersonal skills, problem solving, time management, and leadership and teamwork, are important characteristics that can be carried over into any position such as. Whether you work in academia, industry, government, or elsewhere, these... Read More